Traveler, hitchhiker, photographer, drunk philosopher, dancer, adventurer, reader, cooking enthusiast, loving weirdo and happy cholita

Instagram: @yirkanomade

From Cusco-Peru. I'm an Inca descendant peruvian girl. I have a strong indigenous heritage in blood and soul, I'm a daughter of the mountains and a soldier of the Sun.

I've worked in the Medical field for several years. But I found my passion in Photography and Cinematography which I’m currently pursuing.

I traveled in the Americas from Dec 2014 till March 2023 which is when I moved to Sweden (long story thy requires wine)
Hopefully I’ll keep exploring this side of the world.

Some quotes:

:::We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine. Galeano.

:::It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams. Gabriel García Márquez.

:::El amor es tan corto y el olvido tan largo. Pablo Neruda.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Spending time with local people is one of the best ways to understand and actually live a country's culture.
I'm not a person of "touristic spots", so, a crazy market is way more interesting to me than a "safe touristic area". With a good local guide, walking around the city becomes the best tour.
My grandparents (for some reason) always had travelers at home, and I've hosted people long before I found out about Couchsurfing, it only made sense to join. :)

I've had wonderful, generous, loving people in my life that have opened their hearts for me and have taught me that life's about sharing. I'm lucky I continue to meet these wonderful people.

Interests

Photojournalism, indie films, politics, indigenous people's rights, human rights, biology, history, activism. Fancy camping, trekking, NFL, swimming, cooking from the heart, free style dancing, Aaron Rodgers, street food, Indian food, all food, more food.

Beards, lakes, trains, rainy days, laughing, creeping, hairy-ness, Buddhism, board games, video games, sadistic games, people watching, dark chocolate, dark matter, animals I can hug, heartbeats, tuva music, frogs, old people.

• culture
• writing
• photography
• documentaries
• human rights
• cooking
• chocolate
• wine
• indian food
• beer
• mexican food
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• music
• backpacking
• biology
• history
• languages
• hitchhiking
• mountains
• food
• people
• good food
• thai food
• interesting people
• all food
• healthy cooking
• beards
• koreanfood
• neurolinguistics
• just cooking
• hardcore traveling
• regular traveling
• regular beards
• awesome beards

Music, Movies, and Books

García Marquez, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Dovstoievsky, Allende, Kafka, Saramago, Hemingway, Sábato, Nabokoy, Dumas, Puzo, Echenique, Allan Poe, Tolkien, Chekhov, Victor Hugo, Octavio Paz, Conrad, Sábato,

Cuban trova, blues, jazz, oldschool rock, indie folk, classical, andean peruvian, funk, afrobeat, oldschool salsa, reggae, boleros, tango.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

:::; Got kidnapped in Rio de Janeiro and survived!

::: Sharing a beer with some Medellin gangsters in Antioquia (Colombia).

::: Photographed the highest inhabited place on earth. La Rinconada, Puno. (About 17,000ft)

:::Fell in love and survived

Teach, Learn, Share

LEARN
I've started this journey to be a sponge.
I want to learn all I can from people's lives, cultures and philosophies so I can build and add to my own points of view. I love learning pretty much anything, languages, traditions, philosophies, weird habits, anything people have to share!

SHARE
my culture.
History of Peru
non-touristic places of my city.
guinea pig stories.
pop corn and movies.
Photography
Any other thing my free time will allow me.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My Peruvian-ness
Travel advice
A home

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Germany, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Serbia, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Sweden, United States, Uruguay